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'All I Want Is A Roof Of My Own'

Hardworking people who toil from dawn to dusk and beyond speak about their everyday lives and what they want from the sarkar as Bihar prepares to vote. IMAGE: Passengers jostle to board a train at......

Congress fumes as Tharoor alone gets Putin dinner invite

The Congress on Friday said Leaders of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi have not been invited to the banquet for Russian President Vladimir Putin, and took a swipe at its own MP......

What Tharoor said after attending Putin banquet as Rahul, Kharge left out

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who on Friday attended a banquet for Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, on Saturday described the atmosphere there as "warm" and......

BJP leader Prem Kumar 'unanimously' elected Bihar Speaker

Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader Prem Kumar was on Tuesday unanimously elected as the Speaker of the Bihar assembly. IMAGE: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar meets newly elected Speaker of......

Govt withdraws order on mandatory pre-installation of Sanchar Saathi

The government on Wednesday withdrew its directive requiring smartphone makers to pre-install a State-run cybersecurity application on all new devices, as it moved to quell rising concerns that the......

M&A financing the new frontier for banks, but RBI's watching

Mint Road's proposals on banks' M&A funding are cautious even as entrants root for more elbow room, and weigh business models. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff Ask Debadatta Chand about his plans......

Advertising doyen Piyush Pandey passes away at 70

Advertising legend Piyush Pandey has passed away. He was 70. Photograph: Courtesy, Nirmala Sitharaman/X The news of Piyush Pandey's demise was shared by columnist Suhel Seth on X on Friday......

Sitharaman asks fintechs to strengthen risk management to check AI misuse

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday asked fintech firms to focus on risk management at a time when criminals are using AI to mimic voices, clone identities and create lifelike videos to......

Inside The Tata Trusts Showdown: A House Divided

A quiet power struggle has erupted within the storied 156-year-old Tata Trusts a year after group patriarch Ratan Tata's death. All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff Tata Trusts is the......

CCI to NCLAT: No player close to WhatsApp in terms of revenue, assets

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Monday told the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) that no internet intermediary could come close to WhatsApp in terms of revenues as well......

Zubeen Garg: The Voice That United A Divided Land

Zubeen Garg was not just Assam's voice, he was its heartbeat, its rebellion, and its song of unity in a land often torn apart. IMAGE: Singer Zubeen Garg passed away while swimming in Singapore.......

Yami Slams A Trend That Feels Like 'Extortion'

'This so-called trend of giving money in the disguise of marketing a film to ensure good 'hype' is created or else 'they' will continuously write negative things (even before the film is released)......

What Made Bappi Lahiri Such A Rage

Bappi Lahiri realised disco was a winning ticket and escalated his game with several more dancefloor perennials.Soon, every film producer and music director in town was down with disco fever.On......

'Villains Are The Most Interesting To Design For'

'Every film had its challenges, but Mr India, Sadak and Gandhi were the toughest.' 'Mr India needed imagination, Sadak needed sensitivity and Gandhi demanded historical authenticity.' Photograph:......

What Made Geeta Dutt's Life So Tragic

The song that best encapsulates Geeta Dutt's unfairly abbreviated life would probably be: Yaad Karoge, Yaad Karoge, Ek Din Humko Yaad Karoge.On her 95th birth anniversary on November 23, Dinesh......

'Once a King, always a King'

IMAGE: Cricket world unites to celebrate Virat Kohli at 37. Photograph: Virat Kohli/Instagram As Virat Kohli turned 37 on November 5, 2025, Yuvraj Singh led the flood of birthday wishes pouring in......

Fiery Perth Deck Promises Explosive Start to the Ashes

IMAGE: Australian captain Pat Cummins, who will miss the opening Test, surprisingly bowled in the nets on Thursday. Photograph: ausmencricket/Instagram Australia and England wrapped up their......

Ashes PIX: Five-star Stokes leaves Australia in a mess

IMAGES from Day 1 of the 1st Ashes Test played in Perth on Friday. SCORECARD IMAGE: England's Ben Stokes celebrates with teammates after dismissing Scott Boland to complete his five-wicket haul.......

'Seeing Sachin sir gave me a boost'

IMAGE: For Shafali Varma, her match-winning 87 in the World Cup was a knock as much about redemption as it was about resolve. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters It was a night when destiny......

'I Want To Achieve What Lin Dan Did For China'

'If there's no financial support, talent doesn't get a chance to blossom.' IMAGE: Mansi Singh won the women's singles title at the Mangalore India International Challenge. Photograph: Kind......